3 Ways to Score an Even Bigger Social Security Check

The great thing about Social Security is that it's designed to pay you for life. If the value of your retirement plan fluctuates based on market conditions, you may have a year where you're forced to take smaller withdrawals. But if you qualify for, say, a $2,000 monthly Social Security benefit, that's the amount you'll get every month. In fact, you may get even more once you account for annual cost-of-living adjustments.

Now one thing you should know is that the moves you make during and after your time in the workforce could impact the amount of money you collect from Social Security. Here are three things you can do to snag more cash every month.

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